Editing Tower of London

{{image|more=yes|Screenshots of the Tower of London in London Party from ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''.}}
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|image=[[File:MKT London Loop 3 View 2.png|300px]]<br>View of the Tower of London (left) in {{classic link|Tour|London Loop}} in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|greater_location=[[London]], [[England]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 3) (2022)
}}
{{quote|William the Conquerer built the Tower of London for several reasons: to protect London from invasion, to oversee shipping on the Thames, and to scare his subjects. The original tower was built around 1078. It covers 7 hectares on the banks of the Thames River. At various times The Tower has been a mint, a fortress, a vault, a terrible jail and a place of execution! Famous as a showplace for England's elaborate Crown Jewels, the Jewel House includes the largest cut diamond in the world, 530 carats!|'''Pamphlet'''|source=[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|''Mario is Missing!'' (PC)]]}}
The '''{{wp|Tower of London}}''' is a famous historic site in [[London]] that houses a collection of the {{wp|Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels}}. The castle has made several notable appearances in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] in games that feature [[London]].

==History==
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show''===
Although the actual Tower of London does not appear on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', the episode "[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]" takes place in the fictional city of [[Victoria]], which is largely inspired by Victorian London and features the [[Tower of Victoria]], based on the Tower of London.

===''Mario is Missing!''===
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During the events of the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], [[Bowser]]'s [[Koopa Troopa]]s stole the [[Crown Jewels]] from the Tower of London. [[Luigi]] has to search the Koopa Troopas in London for the Crown Jewels, and when he finds them, he has to return them to the Tower of London for a reward of 2,400 [[bill|dollar]]s.

Luigi must prove the jewels' authenticity by answering two of the following trivia questions:
*''One of the things the Tower of London was NOT used for was a:''
**prison
**'''post office'''
**mint
**vault
*''Who ordered the building of the Tower of London?''
**'''William the Conqueror'''
**Sir Barry the Builder
**Henry the VIII
**Mary, Queen of Scots
*''From the Tower, you can see:''
**'''the Thames'''
**the River of Babylon
**Baker Street
**Heathrow Airport

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===''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''===
[[File:M&S 2012 Sonic Arrives.jpg|thumb|200px|Sonic and Tails stood in front of the Tower of London in Sonic Arrives]]
The Tower of London appears in both versions of ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''. In the [[Wii]] [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|version]], the tower only appears on the London Party map, though in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version it appears as the setting for several Story Mode episodes. It first appears as the main location in [[Sonic Arrives]], in which [[Sonic]] and [[Tails]] go sightseeing and encounter red [[Phantasmal Fog]] there, along with [[imposter]]s of [[Mario]] and Luigi, and once again in [[The Ghostly Tower]], where Sonic and Tails defeat [[King Boo]] and the [[Boo]] who are guarding the [[fog machine]] and clear the fog from the area. The episode [[Bowser's Blues]] also begins by the Tower of London, where Bowser is sightseeing with [[Goomba]], [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] and [[Lakitu]], the latter of which mistakes the Tower of London for [[Big Ben]]. It also appears in the background of the episodes [[Enter Bowser?!]] and [[Junior, Super Hero?]], which primarily take place on [[Tower Bridge]].

===''Mario Kart'' series===
The Tower of London appears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as part of the [[Tour London Loop|London Loop and London Loop 3]] courses, where racers drive around it whilst avoiding a [[Chain Chomp]]. In the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' rendition of <small>Tour</small> London Loop, the Tower of London appears on the first and third laps.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Dut=Tower of London
|Fre=Tour de Londres
|FreM=Tower of London
|Ger=Der Tower of London
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst''|language=German|accessdate=April 21, 2025}}</ref>
|Ita=Torre di Londra
|ItaM=Tower of London
|Spa=Torre de Londres
|SpaM=Tower of London
}}

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